उपरि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • উপৰি (Assamese script)
  • ᬉᬧᬭᬶ (Balinese script)
  • উপরি (Bengali script)
  • 𑰄𑰢𑰨𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀉𑀧𑀭𑀺 (Brahmi script)
  • ဥပရိ (Burmese script)
  • ઉપરિ (Gujarati script)
  • ਉਪਰਿ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌉𑌪𑌰𑌿 (Grantha script)
  • ꦈꦥꦫꦶ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂇𑂣𑂩𑂱 (Kaithi script)
  • ಉಪರಿ (Kannada script)
  • ឧបរិ (Khmer script)
  • ອຸປຣິ (Lao script)
  • ഉപരി (Malayalam script)
  • ᡠᢒᠠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘄𑘢𑘨𑘱 (Modi script)
  • ᠤᢒᠠᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦤𑧂𑧈𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐄𑐥𑐬𑐶 (Newa script)
  • ଉପରି (Odia script)
  • ꢆꢦꢬꢶ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆇𑆥𑆫𑆴 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖄𑖢𑖨𑖰 (Siddham script)
  • උපරි (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩐𑩒𑩰𑩼𑩑 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚄𑚞𑚤𑚮 (Takri script)
  • உபரி (Tamil script)
  • ఉపరి (Telugu script)
  • อุปริ (Thai script)
  • ཨུ་པ་རི (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒅𑒣𑒩𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨀𑨃𑨞𑨫𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upéri
Proto-Indo-Iranian *upári
Sanskrit उपरि

    Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *upári, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *upári, from Proto-Indo-European *upér (“above, over”), from *upo (“up”).[1] Cognate with Avestan 𐬎𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌 (upairi), Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér), Latin super, Albanian epër, Gothic 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂 (ufar), German über, Old English ofer (whence English over).

    Pronunciation

    Postposition

    उपरि • (upári)

    1. over
      अवयः द्यवि उपरि पतन्ति। ― ávayaḥ dyávi upári pátanti. ― Birds fly over the sky.
    2. above
    3. beyond

    Derived terms

    • उपल (upala, “gem, stone”) (from the sense “upper millstone”)

    Descendants

    • Apabhramsa: उप्परि (uppari)
      • Central Indo-Aryan:
      • Eastern Indo-Aryan:
        • Bengali-Assamese:
        • Odia: ଉପର (upara)
      • Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
        • Punjabic:
          • Punjabi: ਉੱਪਰ (uppar)
      • Western Indo-Aryan:
    Borrowed terms

    References

    1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “upári”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 221

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